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Want to know how to write a short story that truly resonates — and gets it published? In this candid and practical conversation, short story editor Joanne Hichens sits down with award-winning [...]

Our focus as we wrap up 2024 is the art of the short story. We finished up our series of events (a free short story webinar and two short story workshops with Joanne Hichens in November) with [...]

Our focus as we wrap up 2024 is the art of the short story and in particular the new call for submissions from Short.Sharp.Stories. Here are the replays of our short story workshops. The [...]

Our focus this month is the art of the short story and in particular the new call for submissions from Short.Sharp.Stories. We held a fabulous short story webinar with Joanne Hichens who shared [...]

Short.Sharp.Stories invites you to write a short story of between 3000 and 5000 words reflecting on or inspired by their exciting theme: POWER. Submit your entry before midnight, 31 January 2025. [...]

I have often said that story ideas for writers are there for the plucking, like so many ripe fruit. This signal truth was brought home to me with force on our recent holiday in South Africa. We [...]

On Venice It was a luxury to have unscheduled time in Venice to wander and ponder and tickle the creative parts of me.  The morning schedule with lively communal breakfasts, lessons, and mentor [...]

Black Friday is upon us again, and our writing year is winding down. But we want you to start the new writing year with a bang. We are offering you a massive 50% off our 30 Day Writing Bootcamp, [...]

Today’s the day: Our flagship online Creative Writing Course kicks off today! Want to know what you’re missing out on? First off the bat, we’ll be looking at finding your voice [...]

Why do we read fiction? There’s a range of obvious answers – we love intimate encounters with strangers who pose no danger to our cosy view of the world (although books can change our lives!). We [...]

  We can help you reach your writing goals with one of the wide array of courses and events we’re offering in July. But before the month even begins, we’ve scheduled a free screenwriting [...]

This is a story about how a gauzy attachment to a stereotype was shattered by the facts. On our travels on the canals and rivers of England, we have encountered hundreds, perhaps thousands of [...]